Experience the high quality life for which Portugal is known for during your Bargain Holidays to Portugal. After all, it boasts of landing in the 19th place of the world's list of countries with the highest quality of life. Portugal is the Top 8th most globalized country, and the Top 13th most peaceful country in the world, making it an ideal Bargain Holidays to Portugal destination.
Its Mediterranean climate has made Portugal Bargain Holidays appealing to tourists who want to spend their holidays in the world's warmest countries. A visit to the Lisbon Oceanarium would give you the chance to visit Europe's largest aquarium during your Portugal Bargain Holidays. It is home to 16,000 marine organisms, birds and mammals, belonging to 450 species. One of its most interesting residents is the sunfish which demands the ultimate care so it is not often found in other world aquariums. This oceanarium, which is located in the Parque das Nacoes, was designed by Peter Chermayeff to resemble an Aircraft carrier. Chermayeff also designed the world's largest aquarium which can be found in Osaka.
Your Bargain Holidays to Portugal would take you to the Orient Station or Gare do Oriente in Lisbon. The station, which prominently figured in the Expo '98 World Fair, was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. This is not your ordinary station, because it also comes complete with a shopping centre aside from a national and international bus station, making your Bargain Holidays to Portugal an experience that would leave you breathless for a long time. Gothic architecture characterizes the design of this station which accommodates an estimated 75 million passengers annually.
A visit to the Belem Cultural Center during your Portugal Bargain Holidays would give you bragging rights back home, considering that it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Just a few minutes away from this place is another World Heritage Site, the Jeronimos Monastery. Another exposure to the old world's architectural wonder, which you can visit during your Portugal Bargain Holidays, is the Baroque-designed Mafra National Palace, which easily dwarfs the city because of its huge dimensions. There are numerous must-see places in Portugal that you have to be very good in coming up with an itinerary to visit even half of them.
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